USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
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Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA.
Unit Cost: About $4.5 billion each.
Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts.
Length: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters).
Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters).
Displacement: Approximately 97,000 tons (87,996.9 metric tons) full load.
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour).
Crew: Ship’s Company: 3,200 – Air Wing: 2,480.
Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson and later ships of the class.).
Aircraft: 85.
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i am IN the Navy, and your rundown on the ship gave me a chub…
Good ol’ Chucky V
4.5 acres of american sovereign territory.
Gustav Holst’s “Mars Bringer of War” always plays in my head when I see carriers and battleships.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I